Windows PC

Easy Digital Listening: Sonos ZonePlayer S5

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on December 15, 2009 at 3:15 pm PT

An all-in-one sound system plays digital music off a computer in several rooms, without the need to run wires around the house.

Videos on TV With a Flip of a Channel

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on December 1, 2009 at 3:08 pm PT

FlipShare TV is a $150 box that plugs into any TV and receives new videos from family and friends hundreds of miles away.

Easy Way to Log In Face Time

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on June 16, 2009 at 5:20 pm PT

Logitech Vid aims to help non-techies who simply want to use their Webcams to see someone while they’re talking, without any fancy features.

Clickfree Backs Up Your Files Easily, So You’re Not Toast

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 7, 2009 at 6:24 pm PT

If you got a new computer over the holidays, you’re probably focused right now on enjoying all its cool features, or savoring how much faster it is than the old warhorse it replaced. The last thing you want to dwell upon is the chore of backing up your data. Still, backing up your files is important.

Organizing Your Web Life in One Place

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on December 16, 2008 at 6:06 pm PT

Katie reviews Windows Live, Microsoft’s Web-based attempt to consolidate many of the regular activities you perform on the Internet: sharing photos on Flickr, emailing via Hotmail, posting status updates on Facebook, following tweets on Twitter, sending instant messages on Google Chat and keeping a calendar on Apple’s MobileMe.

Helping Your Data Decamp to a Mac

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on December 9, 2008 at 5:52 pm PT

With the holidays fast approaching, plenty of shoppers are heading toward their local Apple stores with plans to buy a new home computer. Amid all this excitement, it’s worth taking time to consider how to transfer content from the old Windows PC to a shiny new Mac.

Family Snapshots in the Splendor of HD

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on November 25, 2008 at 5:28 pm PT

This Thanksgiving, families across the country will gather around the television just as quickly as they gather around the turkey. And with good reason: Many people will be staring at beautiful high-definition TV sets.

BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on November 19, 2008 at 6:32 pm PT

Walt reviews the hotly anticipated BlackBerry Storm, the first BlackBerry model without a physical keyboard. Typing and navigation require tapping on glass, just as users do on the iPhone. Verizon will be selling the Storm for $250 with a two-year contract, though a $50 mail-in rebate can bring the price down close to the $199 that Apple charges for the base model of the iPhone.

One Way to Turn a Mac Into a PC Just Got Better

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 1, 2008 at 6:46 pm PT

There are two common methods for running Microsoft Windows and Windows programs on an Apple Macintosh, and one of those methods just got better and easier. The first approach uses a feature called Boot Camp that comes free on every new Mac.